落叶归根

落葉歸根
Luòyèguīgēn
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 张扬 Zhāng Yáng, starring 赵本山 Zhào Běnshān

CEDICT

Homographs

落叶归根 luòyèguīgēn
  1. lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom)
  2. fig. all things go back to their source eventually
  3. in old age, an expatriate returns home

Entry Composition

1 落叶 luòyè
  1. dead leaves
  2. to lose leaves (of plants)
  3. deciduous
2 归根 guīgēn
  1. to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
  2. to go back to one's roots